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why they did this but obama said the u.s. will find out who did it and will hold him accountable he would not go into detail he said an investigation is ongoing and that. u.s. federal officials will be helping out boston in any way that city needs as they continue searching for clues as to what caused two to the bombings their work proximately twenty seven thousand people participating in the boston marathon and tens of thousands on the streets watching the event and also securing the perimeter ironically there were so many police officers on the scene so many emmaus workers this explosion went off and just about ten seconds later a second explosion went off there is some horrific images out there of some of the victims some of whom have lost limbs what history has shown is that if the u.s. is attached washington to brutality and it has retaliated over the course of more than a decade we did have the patriot act in the aftermath of the september eleventh attacks that the department of homeland security was created then the co
why they did this but obama said the u.s. will find out who did it and will hold him accountable he would not go into detail he said an investigation is ongoing and that. u.s. federal officials will be helping out boston in any way that city needs as they continue searching for clues as to what caused two to the bombings their work proximately twenty seven thousand people participating in the boston marathon and tens of thousands on the streets watching the event and also securing the perimeter...
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suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope laced with toxic reisen is sent to president obama. and in the wake of those tragic events the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill authorizing internet providers to share data with the government to avert attacks but it's fueling criticism over the crackdown on privacy. reporting to tonight know to formula one protests in bahrain denounce holding a glamorous race while human rights abuses mount with fresh reports of police firing tear gas and furious demonstrators. ten pm here in moscow this thursday night one story dominating our coverage tonight with me kevin and frank for being with us by the way the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where that massive blast ripped through that fertilizer plant earlier today police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least one hundred sixty are injured but emergency crews are still searching for survivors fear as many as seventy may have died. well thank you i think we. should have a force of a minor earthquake the experts say you destroyed several buildings totall
suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope laced with toxic reisen is sent to president obama. and in the wake of those tragic events the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill authorizing internet providers to share data with the government to avert attacks but it's fueling criticism over the crackdown on privacy. reporting to tonight know to formula one protests in bahrain denounce holding a glamorous race while human rights abuses mount with fresh reports of police firing...
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the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got it right when i said that she was going to example here jump and go ahead jump in here and i don't think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was survive in a man's world and very much survived in a finance. financially incentivised world where she behaved in a way that didn't provide for everybody the you know the whole colson's of society would get left out of the the policies that were made at the time so that what we're suffering now is such a huge. huge gap between rich and poor in niger caisson in printing money factoring in the legal profession once you bring in competition you leave home off the country behind the health of that country includes a lot of women so i accept that she did explain it well to get where she was as a woman but
the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got it right when i said that she was going to example here jump and go ahead jump in here and i don't think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was...
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with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to b.p.a. and not to the department of state did i want to go to new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth day as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that enough as we're building another pipeline of course i guess the b.p. oil spill was a it was a oil well underground it wasn't a pipeline but still the same sort of stuff are we doing enough to prevent these sort of disasters from happening again. well in short no very little has happened since the b.p. oil spill there's been no major reform legislation to really tighten up the standards there been some reforms to the mineral management service the department of interior and the way they. run these programs but as we've seen in these recent pipeline spills the level of oversight for fossil fuel
with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to b.p.a. and not to the department of state did i want to go to new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth day as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that...
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reports the last of the white house president obama website you can find out exactly what happened. on the. surprising extra for the price of admission to the skies by what looks like. the trial of one of russia's top opposition activists has resumed court almost nine hundred kilometers northeast of moscow. faces up to ten years in prison for allegedly embezzling half a million dollars worth of timber from a state owned company but he was also a. corruption blogger he believes the proceedings are all politically motivated. picks up the story. well no one is lawyers have said and announced that they've taken on the tactic of delaying and stalling and attracting as much media attention to this case as well last week we were able to reschedule the hearing exactly for one week they have been saying that they're not being given enough time to properly study all the cases material so we've just asked the judge again but this time he rejected so they've also appealed for the case to be returned to the prosecutor's office claiming that there are various irregularities in the way it was put
reports the last of the white house president obama website you can find out exactly what happened. on the. surprising extra for the price of admission to the skies by what looks like. the trial of one of russia's top opposition activists has resumed court almost nine hundred kilometers northeast of moscow. faces up to ten years in prison for allegedly embezzling half a million dollars worth of timber from a state owned company but he was also a. corruption blogger he believes the proceedings...
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the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama has exponentially increased the number of drone strike since he's been president but ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and the cameras are off the drones why people die the natives updates on the boston marathon bombings along with comprehensive enormous says head to our website www dot com. nature's top military officer says european countries need to spend more on defense because they're free riding on american funding officials warned the u.s. led bloc is rapidly losing effectiveness and unity so crisis hit nato a state forced to slash their spending have already chopped forty five billion dollars of the alliance treasury they couldn't of germany's entire military budget the number of european troops in the u.s. led block has also plummeted fr
the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama has exponentially increased the number of drone strike since he's been president but ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and the cameras are off the...
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and she filled us in on the latest of the boston marathon bombings and president obama's attendance at the memorial service. well you know it was definitely an emotional time people living here in boston were certainly looking forward to some kind of consolation that they did in fact to get that the president was here the president of united states was here to address the people living here in boston and people throughout the united states concerned with this latest tragedy and certainly he gave a very hard heartfelt speech and did meet with the victims families and you know tried to do what he could on his part to make people feel better and i guess safer because of the situation because certainly this is something that was never expected or could have been predicted in this in this kind of picture perfect city megan. now i also understand. guessing it was not the proudest day for our colleagues over at c.n.n. as well as at fox news both of whom reported that an arrest had definitely taken place and then they actually backtracked within the hour wireless confusion and did you see any
and she filled us in on the latest of the boston marathon bombings and president obama's attendance at the memorial service. well you know it was definitely an emotional time people living here in boston were certainly looking forward to some kind of consolation that they did in fact to get that the president was here the president of united states was here to address the people living here in boston and people throughout the united states concerned with this latest tragedy and certainly he...
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an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety in. boston massachusetts. authorities have received thousands of tips photos and videos as they continue the search for suspects focusing on people carrying heavy bags or backpacks to try and find out who may have planted these explosives well social media users
an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and...
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with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to the p.a. and not to the department of state dan i want to go to the new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that enough as we're building another pipeline of course i guess the b.p. oil spill was a it was a oil well underground it was in a pipeline but still the same sort of stuff are we doing enough to prevent these sort of disasters from happening again. well in short no very little has happened since the b.p. oil spill there's been no major reform legislation to really tighten up the standards there been some reforms to the mineral management service the department of interior and the way they. run these programs but as we've seen in these recent pipeline spills the level of oversight for fossil fuel
with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to the p.a. and not to the department of state dan i want to go to the new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that...
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as a terrorist attack here is part of president obama's statement on the attacks. we still do not know who did this or why and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts but make no mistake we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this we'll find out why they did this any response any responsible individuals any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice . joining me now via skype for more on the tragic events and boston today is barry nolan former t.v. you get is caster for the b.z. t.v. and boston and a professor of journalism at boston university barry thanks for joining us. to be with you tom can you give us a summary first of all of what what happened today and where we're at what our state of knowledge is right at this moment right around three o'clock long after all the. internationally competitive runners had finished the boston marathon an explosion went off right at about six thirty nine boylston street just about half a block from the finish line people were just coming up on the finish line after
as a terrorist attack here is part of president obama's statement on the attacks. we still do not know who did this or why and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts but make no mistake we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this we'll find out why they did this any response any responsible individuals any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice . joining me now via skype for more on the tragic events and boston today is barry...
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fact the columbia law school's human right institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and the cameras are on the drones why and people die. so what exactly separates an act of terror from any other type of violent attack that's the question people develop poses to his guests on cross talk of course in the wake of the boston bombings is a preview. why is passing called terrorism but aurora sandy hook to sign in columbine not the muslim community in america today in fact is asking the same very question that why are some things labeled terrorism worse is another which is not but more importantly the discussion that is going on in the dinner tables on the dinner tables these days among muslim families is that why is it t
fact the columbia law school's human right institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and the cameras are on the...
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the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got right when i said that she. got an example here jenkins jump in here and i think you can necessarily say that she broke the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was survive in a man's world and very much survived in a finance. financially incentivised world where she behaved in a way that didn't provide for everybody the you know the whole colson's of society would get left out of the policies that were made at the time so that what we're suffering now is such a huge. gap between rich and poor in education in printing manufacturing in the legal profession once you bring in competition you leave home the country behind the health of that country includes a lot of women so i accept that she did extremely well to get where she was as a woman but it doesn't necessarily pave the w
the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got right when i said that she. got an example here jenkins jump in here and i think you can necessarily say that she broke the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was survive in a...
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president barack obama officials say that it contained a substance that preliminary has tested positive for the deadly poison rice and now the secret service said that the letter was intercepted on tuesday and never reached. the u.s. president and also say that they are not linking this letter to the boston marathon bombings but on the same day on tuesday a letter containing rice and was mailed to the offices of mississippi senator investigators say a poisonous dress the offices of republican roger with her many might have never heard of was allegedly intercepted also before reaching capitol hill. reportedly tested positive for rice and three times before being sent to another lab for further testing. senator wicker and now extra security there's also reports coming out of another package. sent to another republican senator now being questioned or tested for. possible deadly poison so the list keeps growing and growing there's been. allegations of poisonous packages that have been proven false other ones that are now apparently being proven correct and or positive but of course this is
president barack obama officials say that it contained a substance that preliminary has tested positive for the deadly poison rice and now the secret service said that the letter was intercepted on tuesday and never reached. the u.s. president and also say that they are not linking this letter to the boston marathon bombings but on the same day on tuesday a letter containing rice and was mailed to the offices of mississippi senator investigators say a poisonous dress the offices of republican...
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this was an act of terror and after the bombings actually happened at the boston marathon president obama on monday though was very hesitant at first to call this such an attack now how do you classify something as a terror attack is it method is it victims is it the perpetrator or is it some combination of these things it is absolutely a combination of all of the things that you have mentioned but primarily would look at the civilian victims first victims in general that is outside the norms of regular conflict and war and that is conducted with extreme violence and collective . punishment versus as a nation for example which is one target but in this case now we are beyond that and you are right to say that president obama was very careful he was advised not to have asked what the facts were going very fast as two bombs have exploded people were killed congress were injured and then more important the perpetrators now the terrorist have engaged in firefight with law enforcement so it has all the hallmarks of a team in this case two brothers who have planned this terror. and planned prob
this was an act of terror and after the bombings actually happened at the boston marathon president obama on monday though was very hesitant at first to call this such an attack now how do you classify something as a terror attack is it method is it victims is it the perpetrator or is it some combination of these things it is absolutely a combination of all of the things that you have mentioned but primarily would look at the civilian victims first victims in general that is outside the norms...
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with government agencies getting around privacy laws and made it through to the senate but president obama still afford to be wary of signing it off archies america produce the end drew blake has more. aides for the white house actually said that we will recommend the president veto this legislation to sever intelligence and for sharing of protection act it's come under a lot of criticism by its opponents because they say that it does more than what the authors say it does now the authors of cispa they say that this bill will lead to businesses private companies google facebook and many internet provider these companies will be encouraged to share information with the federal government that will be used to track down and monitor and curb its cyber attacks aimed at the united states computer critics say that it puts too much of americans privacy at risk and that the right safeguards are there people would be separate pricing their privacy for a little bit of security when the bill was introduced back in february i believe one of the areas for the second time representative or one of the au
with government agencies getting around privacy laws and made it through to the senate but president obama still afford to be wary of signing it off archies america produce the end drew blake has more. aides for the white house actually said that we will recommend the president veto this legislation to sever intelligence and for sharing of protection act it's come under a lot of criticism by its opponents because they say that it does more than what the authors say it does now the authors of...
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the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president but ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and those cameras are on the drones why people die and for the latest updates on the boston marathon bombings along with comprehensive analysis head to our website dot com. top military officer says european countries need to spend more on defense because that free a rising on american funding officials warn the u.s. led block is rapidly losing effectiveness and unity crisis head nato states forced to slash their spending have already chopped forty five billion dollars off the alliance treasury they quibble and of germany's entire military budget the number of european troops and the u.s. led bloc has also plummeted from two poin
the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president but ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and those cameras are on the...
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there have been a number of initiatives coming from the obama administration some meetings in the past over the first term even though the official policy was of course strategic patience in other words basically ignoring north korea as long as possible china of course is very interested in seeing negotiations go forward south korea under its new leadership. has proposed discussions with the north so all signs point toward negotiations on the other hand the united states has also said look there might be some preconditions here and preconditions in the past that basically scotched any attempt to have any negotiations so i think of the united states really wants to see some negotiations moving forward it's going to have to go to the table without any preconditions. police in bahrain of raided the boys' high school after the arrest of a student led to clashes the gulf nation is increasing security in preparation for this weekend's formula one race around a hundred people have been arrested this month alone the kingdom has been rocked by more than two years of unrest between the sunni led
there have been a number of initiatives coming from the obama administration some meetings in the past over the first term even though the official policy was of course strategic patience in other words basically ignoring north korea as long as possible china of course is very interested in seeing negotiations go forward south korea under its new leadership. has proposed discussions with the north so all signs point toward negotiations on the other hand the united states has also said look...
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the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president but it didn't ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and those cameras are off the drones why and people die in the wake of the boston bombings the chechen militant commander and one of russia's most wanted man ahmed's a coyote was interviewed on c.n.n. he denied i have brothers who are ethnic chechens had any ties to militant groups earlier my colleague. spoke with our go though about why sic i was given a platform on the international media. kid living in london he's actually really well known person out there his cause is being supported by none other than vanessa redgrave a prominent. he actually happens to be an actor himself and you can tell that he's made quite qui
the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president but it didn't ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value target that's being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and those cameras are...
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an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety and. boston massachusetts. and antiwar activist our brian becker says the u.s. has long adopted a militarized approach to security which has now failed to deliver where it counts most of the home free. since september eleventh the united states government has sen
an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and...
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state of affairs in guantanamo a state department representative to the official line that president obama stays committed to closing the facility meanwhile the situation is edging towards catastrophic says the tenant colonel barry when god and the to one of the prisoners . my client can dari had lost about one third of his body weight he now when he stands i can put my hands around his waist that's how much weight he has lost and i'm here to tell you the situation in one town i'm obey is becoming a humanitarian catastrophe these men have been there for eleven and a half years ninety five percent of them ninety five percent of them have no allegations let alone have a trial an opportunity to defend themselves i think that what we need is some leadership here from washington we have the administration on one hand saying we want to close guantanamo bay but then in two thousand and ten saying that indefinite detention is the way forward if two americans were captured would we then argue that those men can be held until our war on the physical emotion of terror ends would that be the u.s. posi
state of affairs in guantanamo a state department representative to the official line that president obama stays committed to closing the facility meanwhile the situation is edging towards catastrophic says the tenant colonel barry when god and the to one of the prisoners . my client can dari had lost about one third of his body weight he now when he stands i can put my hands around his waist that's how much weight he has lost and i'm here to tell you the situation in one town i'm obey is...
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the situation in guantanamo state department representative stuck to the official line that president obama remains committed to closing the facility but there's no real sign of any real steps towards doing that prisoners being driven to desperation says former guantanamo detainee was a beg. there has to be a will and i don't think that the will exists certainly if you've still got people in guantanamo eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send them these individuals to places where they're supposed to have a basic normal life and i don't know where the will is going to come when still problems that were instituted at the time of bush have not been cleared at the time of the hunger strike is a. is an action of desperation they had an old very well in one tunnel that the only way you can get your rights is by taking extreme measures the abuse says that the religious abuses are still taking place the prisons are still complaining about those things through the lawyers and even one of them has just recently written something through his lawyer in the i
the situation in guantanamo state department representative stuck to the official line that president obama remains committed to closing the facility but there's no real sign of any real steps towards doing that prisoners being driven to desperation says former guantanamo detainee was a beg. there has to be a will and i don't think that the will exists certainly if you've still got people in guantanamo eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send them...
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the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got right when i said that she. going to example here jump and jump in and i think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was survive in a man's world and very much survived in a finance. financially incentivised world where she behaved in a way that didn't provide for everybody the like you know the whole colson's of society were just left out of the policies that were made at the time so that what we're suffering now is such a huge. huge gap between rich and poor in education in print in manufacturing in the legal profession once you bring in competition you leave half the country behind so the health of that country includes a lot of women so i accept that she did extremely well to get where she was as a woman but it doesn't necessarily pave the
the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got right when i said that she. going to example here jump and jump in and i think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was survive in a man's world and...
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of affairs in guantanamo a state department representative kept to the official line that president obama stays committed to closing the facility but there's little to no real effort to do that and that's what drives prisoners to desperation as former guantanamo detainees was. asked to be you will and i don't think that the will exists certainly if you still got people one time will eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send them these individuals to places where this supposed lack of basic normal life and i don't know with the will is going to come when still problems that were instituted at the time of bush not being cleared at the time of the hunger strike is. an action of desperation they don't know very well in guantanamo but the only way you can get sure rights is by taking extreme measures do you view. the religious abuses are still taking place the prisons are still complaining about those things through lawyers and even one of the most recently written something through his lawyer in the american papers and when he talks about that you pe
of affairs in guantanamo a state department representative kept to the official line that president obama stays committed to closing the facility but there's little to no real effort to do that and that's what drives prisoners to desperation as former guantanamo detainees was. asked to be you will and i don't think that the will exists certainly if you still got people one time will eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send them these individuals to...
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and we also cannot forget the political component of the of the pivot to asia which is this president obama wanted to send signal a clear. that the u.s. was less interested than the previous administration in war in. war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to read well i would agree that in large part the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because of the impact of the israeli lobby has not been able to counter china in the way it would like but i'd like to i'd like to go to henry kissinger here for a second. henry kissinger in his account china which is not a bad book actually talks about a fundamentally different culture in china from that of the west and i think we should listen to him on this point. because for example if you look at the fifteenth century when china was the most powerful nation in the world it sent out ships bigger than anything columbus would dream of one hundred years later traded. it it traded it explored but unlike the w
and we also cannot forget the political component of the of the pivot to asia which is this president obama wanted to send signal a clear. that the u.s. was less interested than the previous administration in war in. war in the middle east and wants to be in focus on relations in east asia because in the long term that's far more important john you want to read well i would agree that in large part the united states because it. sort of bogged down in the middle east because the largely because...